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Photonic multilayer sensors from photo-crosslinkable polymer films
Maria C Chiappelli1, Ryan C Hayward
1Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|September 11, 2012
Abstract:
Colorimetric temperature sensors are prepared from photo-crosslinkable polymers by sequentially spin-coating and crosslinking alternating layers of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(para-methyl styrene). Layer thicknesses and copolymer chemistries are chosen to provide robust colorimetric temperature sensors that cover nearly the full visible spectrum.